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Looks AWESOME, and we're not only saying that because its the same orange as our clutches :D

Keep it updated! It'll be cool to see something really different!

It is hard to get the true color. In the booth it's to light and outside looks red. It is somewhere in between. Brian has been wet sanding the body and should start buffing soon.

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Yesterday I sprayed two coats of SPI white epoxy and this morning three coats of SPI Orange followed with three coats of SPI Universal clear late this afternoon.

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wow that came out beautiful!

you tell Brian he's doing a good job..paint looks great.

Off the rotisserie and the assembly begins

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Nice! There are very few of these in nice shape out there. I can't wait to see what you do with it.

Test fitting the Corbeau seats.

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The seats are hitting the door bar and the brackets don't line up with the holes in the floor. We need to drill new holes 1 1/2" toward the transmission tunnel in the seat brackets.

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It's a tight fit but with the new holes in the brackets they fit.

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We were going to use this Flaming River steering wheel in a 1967 Fairlane race car with a quick release Flaming River column but it was to close to the dash board. A couple of years ago Brian gave me a Momo steering wheel for my 1968 restomod Coupe for Christmas and the adapter would not work with the Ididit steering column. They both work great on the Mustang II steering column and I had some left over Dynamat from the 1968 Coupe.

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Brian finished buffing and we installed the drivers door getting ready to install the right door today.

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Guys that is a neat car. Good to see someone build something different.

Brian finished wet sanding the fenders next week time for buffing.

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Brian finished buffing the fenders and hood and has them on the car. Waiting to finish the grille panel and front bumper.

Not sure what I did wrong yesterday but here are the photos

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I really like this project. cool with something different!

Any progress? This one takes me back, my first car was a red 77 hatchback.

We were moving cars around and I thought it was a good time for a couple of photos while it was outside.

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I just traded a C6 transmission and converter that was used in my race car (now use a C4 behind the 428 CJ) for this 302 that has very few hours on it to install in my Mustang II

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Today the 302 was dropped off at the shop. It was in a Mustang that was upgraded to a 427 small block.

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Looks new

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I need to order a flex plate for the AOD. I'm also going to replace the water pump, harmonic balancer, fuel pump, intake and valve covers plus the correct oil pan for the Mustang II.

Now I need to get busy installing brake lines and fuel line before I install the engine.

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Do remember the 1978 Mustang Monroe Handler of that era.

Had to make a filler piece to fit the Vintage Air controls

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Sanded and painted

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The stainless goes on next.

The Vintage Air fits with the modified tunnel and the hoses will go out the side. We have to make brackets since there is no kit for a Mustang II

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I have decided it's time to start working on this project again. Dashboard is ready to install but need to fabricate brackets for the AC first.

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I don't think I showed how it looks with the taillights installed.

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Looking good, Rusty! Glad you're making progress on this one.

The engine looked great until we took it apart and found the machine work was not done properly and is mostly junk. We have decided to rebuild the original engine.

I'm not finished making all the brake lines.

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